diff --git a/trie/zk_trie_proof_test.go b/trie/zk_trie_proof_test.go
index 99fefe474d..c11b4a8d21 100644
--- a/trie/zk_trie_proof_test.go
+++ b/trie/zk_trie_proof_test.go
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ func TestProofWithDeletion(t *testing.T) {
 
 	proofTracer := tr.NewProofTracer()
 
-	err = proofTracer.Prove(s_key1.Bytes(), 0, proof)
+	err = proofTracer.Prove(s_key1.Bytes(), proof)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	nd, err := tr.TryGet(key2)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ func TestProofWithDeletion(t *testing.T) {
 	s_key2, err := zkt.ToSecureKeyBytes(bytes.Repeat([]byte("x"), 32))
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	err = proofTracer.Prove(s_key2.Bytes(), 0, proof)
+	err = proofTracer.Prove(s_key2.Bytes(), proof)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	//assert.Equal(t, len(sibling1), len(delTracer.GetProofs()))
 
@@ -260,9 +260,9 @@ func TestProofWithDeletion(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 	proofTracer = tr.NewProofTracer()
-	err = proofTracer.Prove(s_key1.Bytes(), 0, proof)
+	err = proofTracer.Prove(s_key1.Bytes(), proof)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	err = proofTracer.Prove(s_key2.Bytes(), 0, proof)
+	err = proofTracer.Prove(s_key2.Bytes(), proof)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 	proofTracer.MarkDeletion(s_key1.Bytes())
diff --git a/trie/zktrie_deletionproof.go b/trie/zktrie_deletionproof.go
index db7beca9a5..5a024152db 100644
--- a/trie/zktrie_deletionproof.go
+++ b/trie/zktrie_deletionproof.go
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ func (t *ProofTracer) MarkDeletion(key []byte) {
 
 // Prove act the same as zktrie.Prove, while also collect the raw path
 // for collecting deletion proofs in a post-work
-func (t *ProofTracer) Prove(key []byte, fromLevel uint, proofDb ethdb.KeyValueWriter) error {
+func (t *ProofTracer) Prove(key []byte, proofDb ethdb.KeyValueWriter) error {
+	fromLevel := uint(0)
 	var mptPath []*zktrie.Node
 	err := t.ZkTrie.ProveWithDeletion(key, fromLevel,
 		func(n *zktrie.Node) error {